Twenty Cent Piece Mint Error
Boatnevrday
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Good Morning,
I paid the ebay piper for this and was wondering if anyone is familiar with it. Has anyone seen another like it?
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not a mint error. looks like post mint damage
Perhaps the error here is paying too much for a damaged coin?
There was an error alright, but it wasn't on the coin.
The label says right on it that's it's damaged/scratched.
P.S. - Yes, we've seen PMD like this before.
I don't deny that there is a PMD scratch. What's up with all the out of place metal? It looks like a defaced die.
Also, why would PCGS list the mint error as PMD scratch if it's actually a detail?
No, and that is why they recorded PMD on the mint error line.
Knife cuts to silver coins will provide that effect.
Any theories about what happened to it to cause the raised lines?
if you slice into a coin at an angle with a blade, it will raise the metal on one side
It's all about what the people want...
The out of place metal is lifted/displaced by the underlying scratch. It is all PMD scratch.
Someone got stuck with a 20 center instead of a quarter and put a warning for others to look closer???
Displaced metal has to go somewhere. If you cut a certain way into metal (sharp, thin cut) then the metal raises along the cut line.
As for why PCGS put those details on the "Error" line, I have no idea. Maybe the submitter paid for error attribution and they answered it there?
The only error with that coin is that you actually paid for it.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
Think of how a plow blade turns up a raised ridge of dirt alongside the furrow. Cut into a coin the right way and it will push up a raised ridge of metal next to the cut.
This appears to have been a popular hobby in the 19th Century. A lot of coins were ruined this way. Yours was one of them.
There doesn't seem to be a scratch associated with every part of these lines. If you look closely, there's some thick parts that have no cut on either side. I would immediately agree with you all based on the top half of the left line and the bottom of the right. However, the bottom of the left line has no scratch.
It's sometimes possible to bend the raised ridge over the cut to conceal it. This can occur either intentionally or in circulation.
But you acknowledge the some of the lines are cuts but you think that some are not? 🤔
You bought a damaged coin that was labeled as damaged/PMD. It couldn't have been clearer.
I'd suggest that you send it to PCGS to have them verify for you what it is, but that was already done. 🤷♂️
Looking at the TV, it looks to me like narrow scratch lines next to the entire lengths of the raised lines. The damage probably occurred long before the wear, and it doesn't look exactly like it did when originally damaged.
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If the ebay seller takes returns and the window is still open, you might want to take advantage...
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@JBK, I acknowledge that some parts look like cuts. But if they are, that doesn't explain everything i'm seeing.
How can such a faint scratch raise so much metal? How could that line be uniform in height from one side to the other? How could there be no raised metal on the opposite side of the scratch?
Wouldn't a scratch raise at least some metal on both sides?
Oh brother...here comes another 150 comment long thread about someone attempting to defend the impossible to defend.
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No, a cut would not necessarily raise metal on both sides.
We're back to newbie territory on "errors".
Just because it looks weird does not make it an error. You would need to explain how it happened during the minting process. In addition to acknowledged PMD, no less.
Don't believe us - believe PCGS.
If you insist on wishing for something that is not there, may I suggest that you go out on your porch and wish for a unicorn.
At least you will get some fresh air out of the experience.
Simply put, you bought a damaged coin, nothing more. If it was sold to you as an "error" at a premium or if you paid to have it certified by PCGS you made a big mistake by buying it.
The coin should have been sold at a big discount to begin with.
I guess every new troll needs to get fed the first time for all of us to learn.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
PMD scratched. Just like PCGS and everyone else has said.
Yes, I've seen a LOT just like that.
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Good new though…it’s a Top Pop coin! 😬
Of all the scratched coins, this one is the most scratched.
You gonna send it in and get it graded?
You should repeat this phrase that you used in your other 20 cent piece post "Thank you all for your expertise and for educating me." Stop digging the hole.
not if the blade went in at an angle and then wore down a little. principles of displacement will explain everything
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Good lord, include a trigger warning in the thread title if you’re going to show gruesome coin gore like that. 🙃
Nothing is as expensive as free money.
Hah, lesson learned.
Is that a dropped letter B in the shield?
On to the next!!
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No dropped letter B either. Just a beautiful piece of history destroyed by some bored person in the past.
Jim
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I think it should be noted here that it was scratched and then circulated for some time this making the scratches appear more like a defect in the die…
Read through all of this thread to say exactly this. This coin circulated for a long time after those scratches were made, and the subsequent wear acted to mask the damage that initially caused them. It is what PCGS said it is, a damaged coin.
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Side note @Jordon it is an S/S variety.
Not much premium but note worthy.
I am now in agreement with you all. Thanks again everybody.
All's well that ends well. It is still a 20c piece and might fit nicely in a type set album.